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单词 cassie
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cassien.1

Brit. /ˈkasi/, U.S. /ˈkæsi/
Forms: Also cazzie, cosie, cassy.
Etymology: = Icelandic ‘kass. modern kassi a case, large box, creel’.
dialect.
A kind of basket made of straw, used in Orkney and Caithness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > basket
basketa1300
scuttle1404
skull?a1513
cassiea1688
a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 34 A sort of Vessel made of Straw, called Cassies, in which they keep and transport their Corn.
1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 524 Straw cazzies which were used as sacks for carrying Victual.
1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. X. 23 (Jam.) Straw creels called cassies, made very compactly of long oat straw.
1880 Times 30 Sept. A peculiar basket made of plaited straw and called a ‘cassy’. The ‘cassy’ is strapped to the shoulders in such a way as to leave the hands free.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

cassien.2

/ˈkasiː/
= casse paper n.; also see quots.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > large quantity of > two outside quires of ream, usually damaged
cording quire1652
casse paper1688
cassie1688
outsides1707
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 120/1 Cassie Quires, are the two out side Quires in a Ream, called also Cording Quires. Cassie Paper, are Quires made up by Paper-makers of Torn, Wrinkled, Stained or otherwise naughty Sheets.
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 496 Cassie paper, broken paper.
1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 218/2 Cassie (printers), wrinkled, or outside sheets of paper.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 140/2 Cassie, the damaged tops and bottoms of a ream of paper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

cassien.3

/ˈkasiː/
Etymology: French, < Provençal cacio acacia.
U.S.
A leguminous shrub with yellow flowers, Acacia farnesiana.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun]
acacia1542
babul1696
marblewood1753
black wattle1802
popinac1809
wattlec1810
wattle-treec1810
giraffe tree1815
haakdoring1822
hookthorn1822
kameeldoorn1822
camel-thorn1824
catechu-tree1829
silver wattle1832
blackthorn1833
thorny acacia1834
boobyalla1835
seyal1844
mulga1848
thorn-wood1850
hackthorn1857
mimosa1857
poison tree1857
Port Jackson1857
talha1857
golden wattle1859
whitethorn acacia1860
buffalo thorn1866
nelia1867
siris1874
cassie1876
couba1878
needlebush1884
sallow wattle1884
sally1884
giddea1885
prickly Moses1887
yarran1888
opopanax tree1889
wait-a-while1889
fever tree1893
giraffe acacia1896
stay-a-while1898
brigalow1901
wirra1904
cootamundra1909
Sydney golden wattle1909
witchetty bush1911
rooikrans1917
jam-tree1934
whistling thorn1949
blackthorn1966
1876 C. E. Hobbs Bot. Hand-bk. 20 Cassie, the flowers yield a perfume, Acacia Farnesiana.
1905 Young Woman Apr. 230/1 Mignonette, and cassie.
1952 A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 3 A[cacia]..Farnesiana, ‘Popinac’, ‘Cassie’..Tropics.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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